वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-44, verse-17

समाः शिखरिणः स्निग्धाः पाण्डुरा दशनास्तव ।
विशाले विमले नेत्रे रक्तान्ते कृष्णतारके ॥१७॥

17. samāḥ śikhariṇaḥ snigdhāḥ pāṇḍurā daśanāstava ,
viśāle vimale netre raktānte kṛṣṇatārake.

17. samāḥ śikhariṇaḥ snigdhāḥ pāṇḍurāḥ daśanāḥ
tava viśāle vimale netre raktānte kṛṣṇatārake

17. tava daśanāḥ samāḥ śikhariṇaḥ snigdhāḥ pāṇḍurāḥ.
(tava) netre viśāle vimale raktānte kṛṣṇatārake.

17. Your teeth are even, sharp, smooth, and yellowish-white. Your eyes are wide, clear, reddish at the corners, and possess black pupils.

Words meanings summery:

• समाः (samāḥ) - even (teeth) (even, equal, level)

• शिखरिणः (śikhariṇaḥ) - sharp, pointed (teeth) (pointed, peaked, having points)

• स्निग्धाः (snigdhāḥ) - smooth, glistening (teeth) (smooth, glistening, tender, affectionate)

• पाण्डुराः (pāṇḍurāḥ) - yellowish-white (teeth) (white, pale, yellowish-white)

• दशनाः (daśanāḥ) - (your) teeth (teeth)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• विशाले (viśāle) - wide (eyes) (wide, broad, spacious)

• विमले (vimale) - clear (eyes) (pure, clear, spotless)

• नेत्रे (netre) - (your) eyes (eyes)

• रक्तान्ते (raktānte) - with reddish corners (eyes) (reddish at the end/corners)

• कृष्णतारके (kṛṣṇatārake) - with black pupils (eyes) (with black pupils/stars)

Words meanings and morphology

समाः (samāḥ) - even (teeth) (even, equal, level)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sama

sama - even, equal, level, same

शिखरिणः (śikhariṇaḥ) - sharp, pointed (teeth) (pointed, peaked, having points)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śikharin

śikharin - peaked, pointed, crested, having a peak

from śikhara (peak) + -in

स्निग्धाः (snigdhāḥ) - smooth, glistening (teeth) (smooth, glistening, tender, affectionate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of snigdha

snigdha - smooth, glistening, oily, tender

Past Passive Participle

from √snih 'to be moist, to love'

Root: snih (class 4)

पाण्डुराः (pāṇḍurāḥ) - yellowish-white (teeth) (white, pale, yellowish-white)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍura

pāṇḍura - white, pale, yellowish-white

दशनाः (daśanāḥ) - (your) teeth (teeth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daśana

daśana - tooth, bite

from √daṃś 'to bite'

Root: daṃś (class 1)

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

विशाले (viśāle) - wide (eyes) (wide, broad, spacious)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of viśāla

viśāla - wide, broad, spacious, great

from vi + √śal 'to move' or √śāl 'to shine'

Note: Also can be vocative feminine singular or locative feminine singular, but here it modifies netre (neuter dual nominative/accusative).

विमले (vimale) - clear (eyes) (pure, clear, spotless)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of vimala

vimala - pure, clear, spotless, stainless

from vi (prefix) + mala (dirt, impurity)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vi+mala)

• vi – without, free from
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating separation or negation
• mala – dirt, impurity, sin
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mal (class 1)

नेत्रे (netre) - (your) eyes (eyes)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of netra

netra - eye, leader

from √nī 'to lead'

Root: nī (class 1)

रक्तान्ते (raktānte) - with reddish corners (eyes) (reddish at the end/corners)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of raktānta

raktānta - red-edged, having red corners

from rakta + anta

Compound type : karmadhāraya (rakta+anta)

• rakta – red, colored, enamored
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from √rañj 'to color, to be red'
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• anta – end, edge, limit
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ant (class 1)

कृष्णतारके (kṛṣṇatārake) - with black pupils (eyes) (with black pupils/stars)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of kṛṣṇatāraka

kṛṣṇatāraka - having black pupils

from kṛṣṇa + tārakā

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛṣṇa+tārakā)

• kṛṣṇa – black, dark
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: kṛṣ (class 1)
• tārakā – star, pupil of the eye
  noun (feminine)
  from √tṝ 'to cross' or related to light
  Root: tṝ (class 1)

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